On the heels of crowning the class of 2023, Variety is marking 25 years of keeping a keen eye on the next generation of filmmakers with its annual 10 Directors to Watch franchise.
Over the past quarter-century, the editorial initiative has cast an important career spotlight on such future boldface-name directors as Alfonso Cuaron, Christopher Nolan, Ava DuVernay, Wes Anderson, Chloé Zhao, Barry Jenkins, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Steve McQueen, Taika Waititi, Kasi Lemmons, Michael Winterbottom, Sarah Polley, Catherine Hardwicke, Lulu Wang, Jay Chandrasekhar, David Gordon Green and Fernando Meirelles.
The scouting for 10 Directors to Watch goes on all year among Variety‘s editorial staff. The series was birthed in January 1997 by veteran Variety editor Steven Gaydos, executive VP of global content and leader of the Focus features department. The goal is to identify hot helmers before they pick up any significant hardware — aka major award wins, Gaydos said.
Variety‘s Steven Gaydos
“We look for a distinctive voice,...
Over the past quarter-century, the editorial initiative has cast an important career spotlight on such future boldface-name directors as Alfonso Cuaron, Christopher Nolan, Ava DuVernay, Wes Anderson, Chloé Zhao, Barry Jenkins, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Steve McQueen, Taika Waititi, Kasi Lemmons, Michael Winterbottom, Sarah Polley, Catherine Hardwicke, Lulu Wang, Jay Chandrasekhar, David Gordon Green and Fernando Meirelles.
The scouting for 10 Directors to Watch goes on all year among Variety‘s editorial staff. The series was birthed in January 1997 by veteran Variety editor Steven Gaydos, executive VP of global content and leader of the Focus features department. The goal is to identify hot helmers before they pick up any significant hardware — aka major award wins, Gaydos said.
Variety‘s Steven Gaydos
“We look for a distinctive voice,...
- 1/8/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
A Family Affair: Brougher Does Some Marital Maneuvering in Piercing and Personal Drama
Chronicling the implosion of a Catskills couple in micro details, Hilary Brougher returns to unhappiness, malaise and restlessness with her fourth feature film. Featuring a robust Talia Balsam, this family affair (Brougher enlists actual household members), offers sharp dialogue, and a strong sense of place which makes South Mountain a mature and memorable essay on marital endpoints and endgame.
Minutes into the feature, Edgar’s (Scott Cohen) secret lover skypes him to live-stream the birth of their new child. It’s an explosive opening to a small but thunderous drama, as our protagonist Lila (Balsam) reacts to this news in shocking fashion.…...
Chronicling the implosion of a Catskills couple in micro details, Hilary Brougher returns to unhappiness, malaise and restlessness with her fourth feature film. Featuring a robust Talia Balsam, this family affair (Brougher enlists actual household members), offers sharp dialogue, and a strong sense of place which makes South Mountain a mature and memorable essay on marital endpoints and endgame.
Minutes into the feature, Edgar’s (Scott Cohen) secret lover skypes him to live-stream the birth of their new child. It’s an explosive opening to a small but thunderous drama, as our protagonist Lila (Balsam) reacts to this news in shocking fashion.…...
- 5/9/2020
- by Matt Delman
- IONCINEMA.com
South Mountain Breaking Glass Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Hilary Brougher Screenwriter: Hilary Brougher Cast: Talia Balsam, Scott Cohen, Andrus Nichols, Violet Rea, Michael Oberholtzer, Macaulee Ruosnak Cassaday Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 3/9/20 Opens: April 3, 2020 New York State’s Catskill Mountains, where the events […]
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- 3/29/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
In today’s film news roundup, “Postscript,” “Apeirogon” and “Porgy and Bess” are all being developed as feature films, AMC’s Adam Aron will be honored at CinemaCon and SXSW drama “South Mountain” has found distribution.
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“P.S. I Love You” is finally getting a sequel.
Alcon Entertainment has acquired film rights to “Postscript,” the follow-up novel from Cecelia Ahern. Alcon will co-finance and co-produce the movie with Black Label Media.
Alcon produced the 2007 movie based on Ahern’s book “P.S. I Love You,” which starred Hilary Swank as the widow Holly Kennedy. The film earned $156 million at the worldwide box office. “Postscript” picks up Holly’s story seven years after her husband’s death, when Holly’s sister asks her to tell the story of the “P.S. I Love You” letters on her podcast.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners has acquired the movie rights to “Apeirogon,” the...
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“P.S. I Love You” is finally getting a sequel.
Alcon Entertainment has acquired film rights to “Postscript,” the follow-up novel from Cecelia Ahern. Alcon will co-finance and co-produce the movie with Black Label Media.
Alcon produced the 2007 movie based on Ahern’s book “P.S. I Love You,” which starred Hilary Swank as the widow Holly Kennedy. The film earned $156 million at the worldwide box office. “Postscript” picks up Holly’s story seven years after her husband’s death, when Holly’s sister asks her to tell the story of the “P.S. I Love You” letters on her podcast.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners has acquired the movie rights to “Apeirogon,” the...
- 2/12/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“South Mountain” joins the company of “Gloria Bell” and “Diane” as yet another 2019 drama intimately attuned to the literal and emotional plight of a middle-aged woman. In the case of Hilary Brougher’s incisive feature, the female in question is Lila (Talia Balsam), whose quiet life in upstate New York is destabilized by a continuing series of abandonments. A snapshot of major and minor upheavals, and the rocky means by which people move forward from them, it’s a showcase for Balsam’s superb lead turn, and — following its premiere at SXSW earlier this year, and spotlight selection screening at BAMcinemaFEst — an accomplished if minor indie facing a tough marketplace.
At an afternoon cookout with breast-cancer-stricken friend Gigi (Andrus Nichols) and her kids Charlotte (Violet Rea) and Jake (Guthrie Mass), Lila appears subtly troubled when screenwriter husband Edgar (Scott Cohen) chooses to take a work call in private. Her fears are well-founded,...
At an afternoon cookout with breast-cancer-stricken friend Gigi (Andrus Nichols) and her kids Charlotte (Violet Rea) and Jake (Guthrie Mass), Lila appears subtly troubled when screenwriter husband Edgar (Scott Cohen) chooses to take a work call in private. Her fears are well-founded,...
- 6/19/2019
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Bam has released the full lineup for its 11th annual BAMcinemaFest, a “platform for both emerging and established filmmakers as well as unconventional and often overlooked films,” which will run this year from June 12 — 23. This year’s 12-day festival includes 18 NY premieres, one U.S. premiere, and three world premieres.
Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President of Film, told IndieWire of the programming picks, “We have the same goal every year: to present the best American independent cinema being made today. But this is the first year that I’ve felt the films fit together as a cohesive whole; they are linked by a naturalness, an intimate focus, and boundless creativity. As the larger film conversation continues to focus on record-breaking box offices, it feels defiant to present a program that centers film as art.”
This year’s festival will open on June 12 with the New York premiere of Lulu Wang...
Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President of Film, told IndieWire of the programming picks, “We have the same goal every year: to present the best American independent cinema being made today. But this is the first year that I’ve felt the films fit together as a cohesive whole; they are linked by a naturalness, an intimate focus, and boundless creativity. As the larger film conversation continues to focus on record-breaking box offices, it feels defiant to present a program that centers film as art.”
This year’s festival will open on June 12 with the New York premiere of Lulu Wang...
- 5/2/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
South MountainIn my last dispatch from Austin I pinpointed the Visions section as a shortcut to South by Southwest’s generally more adventurous programming, if only to facilitate sifting through a number of arcane plot summaries. High-profile acts are bound to the festival thanks to tradition, release date timing, and in some cases city loyalty (think Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Terrence Malick’s Song to Song; both were shot in Austin and both ultimately premiered at SXSW). It would seem that some worthy but inconspicuous titles could easily fall between the cracks, though pioneers like Barry Jenkins prove otherwise. This year’s Global section I found particularly fertile, with titles ranging from X&Y, artist Anna Oddell’s experimental film inquisition of public personas and gender roles, to Marlén Viñayo’s Cachada: The Opportunity, a documentary about a group of working-class Salvadoran women that stage a performative re-enactment of their traumatic life stories.
- 3/24/2019
- MUBI
After the melodramatic setup of its first act, “South Mountain” almost takes a violent turn. Faced with the devastating decision by her husband Edgar (Scott Cohen) to leave her after decades of marriage, Lila (Talia Balsam) acts on an angry impulse and nearly causes irreparable harm. But director Hilary Brougher’s wise, understated screenplay undercuts the tension with a practical response, as if to prove that the movie needs no special gimmick to infuse its complex scenario with purpose. The characters are deep enough to do the heavy lifting.
Brougher’s first feature since 2006’s “Stephanie Daley” is a tender, intimate, and blatantly personal work that wears its lo-fi narrative with pride. Grounded in mature dialogue and the quiet moments in between, the movie centers on a tumultuous summer in which middle-aged Catskills resident and community college teacher Lila finds her utopian hippy lifestyle thrown into upheaval when her husband...
Brougher’s first feature since 2006’s “Stephanie Daley” is a tender, intimate, and blatantly personal work that wears its lo-fi narrative with pride. Grounded in mature dialogue and the quiet moments in between, the movie centers on a tumultuous summer in which middle-aged Catskills resident and community college teacher Lila finds her utopian hippy lifestyle thrown into upheaval when her husband...
- 3/11/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
A welcome sight on the SXSW feature list is a new film from Hilary Brougher, who has been making inventive, emotionally acute independent film across three decades now, always working in some degree of low to ultra-low budget. Her debut, Sticky Fingers of Time, was lo-fi sci-fi with a time-travel hook that might remind you of Looper but with a feminist slant. Stephanie Daley, starring Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn, followed in 2006, a mystery both legal and existential about an unwanted pregnancy. And now there’s South Mountain, which finds Brougher working with her smallest budget yet but with a […]...
- 3/11/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A welcome sight on the SXSW feature list is a new film from Hilary Brougher, who has been making inventive, emotionally acute independent film across three decades now, always working in some degree of low to ultra-low budget. Her debut, Sticky Fingers of Time, was lo-fi sci-fi with a time-travel hook that might remind you of Looper but with a feminist slant. Stephanie Daley, starring Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn, followed in 2006, a mystery both legal and existential about an unwanted pregnancy. And now there’s South Mountain, which finds Brougher working with her smallest budget yet but with a […]...
- 3/11/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Getting a feature film into SXSW is a big accomplishment for an independent filmmaker. It’s an important building block toward a full-time career in the industry, but for many it is not an achievement that can, in and of itself, pay the bills. IndieWire asked 30 directors premiering scripted narrative features in one of four SXSW 2019 categories how, when they are not making independent films, do they make a living? Here’s what they had to say.
Sandy K Boone (“J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius”): I am a licensed realtor and have sold luxury real estate for over 30 years for my day-to-day living.
Travis Stevens (“Girl on the Third Floor”): Since 2010 I’ve been fortunate enough to pay my rent by producing independent films.
Emily Ting (“Go Back to China”): I’ve been working as the Creative Director for my family’s...
Sandy K Boone (“J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius”): I am a licensed realtor and have sold luxury real estate for over 30 years for my day-to-day living.
Travis Stevens (“Girl on the Third Floor”): Since 2010 I’ve been fortunate enough to pay my rent by producing independent films.
Emily Ting (“Go Back to China”): I’ve been working as the Creative Director for my family’s...
- 3/9/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Following the news they would open with the world premiere of Jordan Peele’s Us, the 2019 South by Southwest by Southwest Film Festival have announced their features and episodic premieres lineup.
Among the slate is a handful of our most-anticipated films of the year, including Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum, Chris Morris’s Four Lions follow-up The Day Shall Come starring Anna Kendrick, and Riley Stearns’ Faults follow-up The Art of Self-Defense. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart will premiere at the festival as will Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron’s new comedy formerly titled Flarsky.
“As we head into our 26th edition, we couldn’t be more excited to once again share a completely fresh SXSW 2019 slate with our uniquely smart and enthusiastic SXSW audience,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “As always, we looked for a wide range of work, contemplating scale, style, tenor and tone. We...
Among the slate is a handful of our most-anticipated films of the year, including Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum, Chris Morris’s Four Lions follow-up The Day Shall Come starring Anna Kendrick, and Riley Stearns’ Faults follow-up The Art of Self-Defense. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart will premiere at the festival as will Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron’s new comedy formerly titled Flarsky.
“As we head into our 26th edition, we couldn’t be more excited to once again share a completely fresh SXSW 2019 slate with our uniquely smart and enthusiastic SXSW audience,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “As always, we looked for a wide range of work, contemplating scale, style, tenor and tone. We...
- 1/16/2019
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance announce the complete lineup for the 22nd edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual series showcasing the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, March 1 – 12.
The lineup features 23 diverse films, comprised of highlights from international festivals and works by both established favorites and talented newcomers, including François Ozon’s Lubitsch adaptation “Frantz,” set after World War I; Bertrand Bonello’s “Nocturama,” a provocative exploration of a Paris terrorist attack carried out by young activists; Bruno Dumont’s oddball slapstick detective story “Slack Bay,” starring Juliette Binoche; Rebecca Zlotowski’s visually arresting “Planetarium,” with Natalie Portman as a touring psychic who catches the eye of a movie producer in 1930s Paris; and Jean-Stéphane Bron’s “The Paris Opera,...
Lineup Announcements
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance announce the complete lineup for the 22nd edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual series showcasing the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, March 1 – 12.
The lineup features 23 diverse films, comprised of highlights from international festivals and works by both established favorites and talented newcomers, including François Ozon’s Lubitsch adaptation “Frantz,” set after World War I; Bertrand Bonello’s “Nocturama,” a provocative exploration of a Paris terrorist attack carried out by young activists; Bruno Dumont’s oddball slapstick detective story “Slack Bay,” starring Juliette Binoche; Rebecca Zlotowski’s visually arresting “Planetarium,” with Natalie Portman as a touring psychic who catches the eye of a movie producer in 1930s Paris; and Jean-Stéphane Bron’s “The Paris Opera,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Michael O’Shea’s debut to world premiere next week at Cannes Film Festival.
French distributor Arp has acquired Michael O’Shea’s drama-horror The Transfiguration from Protagonist Pictures, a week before its world premiere at Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
The film stars newcomer Eric Ruffin alongside Chloe Levine, who made her film debut in Hilary Brougher thriller Innocence (2014) and has been cast in the next season of Netflix’s House Of Cards.
Producer is Susan Leber, whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone directed by Debra Granik and Ti West’s first feature The Roost. She was also supervising producer on Gillian Robespierre’s comedy hit Obvious Child.
O’Shea both wrote and directed this New York story of love, loss and obsession. The story centres on a teenage outsider (Ruffin) who takes refuge from bullies in the apartment he shares with his older brother. To escape his solitude, he immerses...
French distributor Arp has acquired Michael O’Shea’s drama-horror The Transfiguration from Protagonist Pictures, a week before its world premiere at Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
The film stars newcomer Eric Ruffin alongside Chloe Levine, who made her film debut in Hilary Brougher thriller Innocence (2014) and has been cast in the next season of Netflix’s House Of Cards.
Producer is Susan Leber, whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone directed by Debra Granik and Ti West’s first feature The Roost. She was also supervising producer on Gillian Robespierre’s comedy hit Obvious Child.
O’Shea both wrote and directed this New York story of love, loss and obsession. The story centres on a teenage outsider (Ruffin) who takes refuge from bullies in the apartment he shares with his older brother. To escape his solitude, he immerses...
- 5/3/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
UK sales team boards Michael O’Shea’s Us drama-horror The Transfiguration.
Protagonist Pictures has taken on worldwide sales rights to first-time filmmaker Micahael OShea’s The Transfiguration, which will have its world premiere in Un Certain Regard in Cannes next month.
The film stars newcomer Eric Ruffin alongside Chloe Levine, who made her film debut in Hilary Brougher’s thriller Innocence and has been cast in the next season of Netflix’s House Of Cards.
The film is produced by Susan Leber whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone, directed by Debra Granik, and Ti West’s first feature The Roost. She was also supervising producer on Gillian Robespierre’s comedy hit Obvious Child.
Michael O’Shea both wrote and directed the atmospheric New York tale about love, loss and vampires.
The film was shot by Sung Rae Cho, who also shot Graceland, while editor was Kathryn Schubert (The Experimenter) and the sound designer...
Protagonist Pictures has taken on worldwide sales rights to first-time filmmaker Micahael OShea’s The Transfiguration, which will have its world premiere in Un Certain Regard in Cannes next month.
The film stars newcomer Eric Ruffin alongside Chloe Levine, who made her film debut in Hilary Brougher’s thriller Innocence and has been cast in the next season of Netflix’s House Of Cards.
The film is produced by Susan Leber whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone, directed by Debra Granik, and Ti West’s first feature The Roost. She was also supervising producer on Gillian Robespierre’s comedy hit Obvious Child.
Michael O’Shea both wrote and directed the atmospheric New York tale about love, loss and vampires.
The film was shot by Sung Rae Cho, who also shot Graceland, while editor was Kathryn Schubert (The Experimenter) and the sound designer...
- 4/25/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Horror director Lucky McKee unfortunately remains one of those unknown, peripheral genre names, mostly thanks to a number of compromised or abandoned projects following his formidable 2002 debut, May. Over the past several years, he’s made headlines for 2011’s The Woman (another underrated gem from his filmography), and most recently the co-directed effort All Cheerleaders Die in 2013, an expansion of his 2001 short film, which is more or less the comically inclined romp you’d assume it to be. Prizing complex female characterizations, usually featuring muse Angela Bettis, McKee’s twisted visions, though few and far between, are enjoyable and entertaining, usually enhanced by a bit of subtext. About a decade ago, McKee’s sophomore feature, The Woods, would finally land on DVD in the Us following a limited festival circuit run, treated to a torturous release platform despite featuring several notable cast members. A period piece set amongst an all-girls...
- 9/29/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Adjustment Bureau: The Spierig Bros. Resuscitate Heinlein’s Dime Store Sci-Fi
Though it gets off to an idle, clunky start, the Spierig Bros, an Australian directing duo, rifle through the catalogue of vintage science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein as inspiration for their third feature, Predestination. Premiering at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, the title is unfortunately being dumped in the undesirable January period for its theatrical release, connoting that the film doesn’t have much to offer. Perhaps more ambitious than its means, it’s a film that manages to intrigue and engross with a narrative that virtually creates the odor of the musty, yellowed pages of the writing style it’s been borrowed from. While some may have a problem with the treatment of certain subject elements, dated precariously from a less enlightened period, the Spierigs, if nothing else, capture a certain nostalgic energy for this material, like an insect trapped in amber.
Though it gets off to an idle, clunky start, the Spierig Bros, an Australian directing duo, rifle through the catalogue of vintage science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein as inspiration for their third feature, Predestination. Premiering at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, the title is unfortunately being dumped in the undesirable January period for its theatrical release, connoting that the film doesn’t have much to offer. Perhaps more ambitious than its means, it’s a film that manages to intrigue and engross with a narrative that virtually creates the odor of the musty, yellowed pages of the writing style it’s been borrowed from. While some may have a problem with the treatment of certain subject elements, dated precariously from a less enlightened period, the Spierigs, if nothing else, capture a certain nostalgic energy for this material, like an insect trapped in amber.
- 1/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Vice of Virtue: Brougher’s Latest Achieves Varied Results
Those familiar with Hilary Brougher’s offbeat sensibilities, as showcased in her delightful 1997 debut The Sticky Fingers of Time, and the Tilda Swinton headlined drama Stephanie Daley (2006), will be happy to know that her long awaited third film has arrived, an adaptation of Jane Mendelsohn’s 2000 Young Adult novel, Innocence. A project first announced several years ago with a revolving list of high profile names announced as being attached (Julianne Moore, Chloe Sevigny, and Abigail Breslin, for instance), it seems Brougher’s had a bit of difficulty getting this project put together, which is evident in the final product, a film reminiscent of vintage stabs at Ya thrillers back in the 70s and 80s, such as several classic Disney titles. While it never quite succeeds as an effective thriller, Brougher manages to strike a moody ambience with this familiar material,...
Those familiar with Hilary Brougher’s offbeat sensibilities, as showcased in her delightful 1997 debut The Sticky Fingers of Time, and the Tilda Swinton headlined drama Stephanie Daley (2006), will be happy to know that her long awaited third film has arrived, an adaptation of Jane Mendelsohn’s 2000 Young Adult novel, Innocence. A project first announced several years ago with a revolving list of high profile names announced as being attached (Julianne Moore, Chloe Sevigny, and Abigail Breslin, for instance), it seems Brougher’s had a bit of difficulty getting this project put together, which is evident in the final product, a film reminiscent of vintage stabs at Ya thrillers back in the 70s and 80s, such as several classic Disney titles. While it never quite succeeds as an effective thriller, Brougher manages to strike a moody ambience with this familiar material,...
- 9/3/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Scion Pictures has released a new trailer for the thriller adaptation of the Jane Mendelsohn novel Innocence. Hilary Brougher directed a script she wrote with Tristine Skyler, and the author produced with Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler. Kelly Reilly, Sophie Curtis, Graham Phillips and Linus Roche star. Curtis plays a 16-year-old haunted by the death of her mom in a surfing accident in Montauk. She and her father move to Manhattan to start over. Enrolled in an exclusive prep school, she gets off to a good start by falling in love, but soon she’s haunted in a different way by intensifying psychosis and hallucinations centering around the dubious suicides of current and past students. Is she going crazy, or is this prep school a coven of beautiful and seductive women who stay young by drinking the blood of virgins?...
- 8/21/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
A new release date for the young adult adventure fantasy horror mystery romance thriller (talk about covering all your bases!) Innocence was announced, and we have the skinny for you right here on this IMAX-bound supernatural smackdown.
Based on the well-reviewed novel by Jane Mendelsohn (author of bestseller I Was Amelia Earhart) and directed by Hilary Brougher, the film stars young up-and-comers Sophie Curtis (Arbitrage, The English Teacher) and Graham Phillips (“The Good Wife,” Evan Almighty) with Kelly Reilly (“Black Box,” Calvary).
The screenplay is by Brougher and Tristine Skyler; producers are Mendelsohn, Christine Vachon, and Pam Koffler; and executive producers are Ron Curtis, Kevin Turen, Nicholas Jarecki, Michael Heller, Mo Al Turki, and Brian Young.
Scion Pictures will be releasing Innocence on September 5th in theaters nationwide. For more info "like" Innocence on Facebook.
Synopsis::
Haunted by the death and dreams of her beloved mother in a Montauk surfing accident,...
Based on the well-reviewed novel by Jane Mendelsohn (author of bestseller I Was Amelia Earhart) and directed by Hilary Brougher, the film stars young up-and-comers Sophie Curtis (Arbitrage, The English Teacher) and Graham Phillips (“The Good Wife,” Evan Almighty) with Kelly Reilly (“Black Box,” Calvary).
The screenplay is by Brougher and Tristine Skyler; producers are Mendelsohn, Christine Vachon, and Pam Koffler; and executive producers are Ron Curtis, Kevin Turen, Nicholas Jarecki, Michael Heller, Mo Al Turki, and Brian Young.
Scion Pictures will be releasing Innocence on September 5th in theaters nationwide. For more info "like" Innocence on Facebook.
Synopsis::
Haunted by the death and dreams of her beloved mother in a Montauk surfing accident,...
- 8/18/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
After a brief hiatus due to our live coverage of Comic-Con, we’re back with a double-sized edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a new trailer for Come Back to Me and I Spill Your Guts 2, release details on Schism, Silent Retreat, and the Class of Nuke ‘Em High soundtrack, and much more:
Come Back to Me Trailer: “Sarah (Walder) and Josh McLaren (Passmore) are a young married couple living in suburban Las Vegas. Shortly after a car accident, Sarah begins to suffer a series of disturbing memory lapses and frequent blackouts that seem to be increasing in intensity. Unsure of what is happening, and feeling as though she is losing her mind, Sarah comes to learn she is pregnant. To add to her shock, she subsequently discovers that her husband is sterile. As her marriage and world begin to fall apart,...
Come Back to Me Trailer: “Sarah (Walder) and Josh McLaren (Passmore) are a young married couple living in suburban Las Vegas. Shortly after a car accident, Sarah begins to suffer a series of disturbing memory lapses and frequent blackouts that seem to be increasing in intensity. Unsure of what is happening, and feeling as though she is losing her mind, Sarah comes to learn she is pregnant. To add to her shock, she subsequently discovers that her husband is sterile. As her marriage and world begin to fall apart,...
- 8/10/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Dutch Colonialism and its long-lasting consequences are the topics of the documentary ’Empire’ at the Redcat (photo: ’Empire: The Unintended Consequences of Dutch Colonialism’) Mixing personal narratives, investigative journalism, video art, and split/multiple screens, Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill’s transmedia documentary Empire: The Unintended Consequences of Dutch Colonialism — the lengthy title gives you a pretty good idea of what the film is about — will have its West Coast Premiere on Monday, November 11, 2013, at 8:30 p.m. at downtown Los Angeles’ Redcat. Both Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill are expected to attend the screening. Previously shown at the 2013 New York Film Festival, Empire: The Unintended Consequences of Dutch Colonialism was filmed in more than half a dozen countries over the course of three years. According to the Redcat press release, the Dutch-American filmmakers (Jongsma is Dutch; O’Neill is American) "traveled 140,000 kilometers through Asia, Africa, Oceania and...
- 10/15/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Because, looking forward, 2013 promises to be such a fruitful cornucopia of cinema, we were excited to be able to easily list an additional 100 titles we are eagerly looking forward to catching in the new year. From these 200-101 titles, we’re happy to list several projects featuring the extremely busy Isabelle Huppert, include two English language projects, Ned Benson’s split film project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby His/Hers and the Niels Arden Oplev film, Dead Man Down (and don’t forget her French projects, a starring turn in Serge Bozon’s followup, Tip Top as well as Guillaume Nicloux’s The Religious).
Additionally, the horror genre should be extremely noteworthy in the coming year, with new projects from Neil Marshall (The Descent), Alexandre Aja (High Tension), Fabrice Du Welz (Calvaire), Lucky McKee (May) and directing team Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside). We’ve got two Australian beauties playing...
Additionally, the horror genre should be extremely noteworthy in the coming year, with new projects from Neil Marshall (The Descent), Alexandre Aja (High Tension), Fabrice Du Welz (Calvaire), Lucky McKee (May) and directing team Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside). We’ve got two Australian beauties playing...
- 1/10/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Over the long weekend, plenty of folks got the news that they’ve had their feature, doc or short films accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. This Wednesday, the festival begins making their line-up official while keeping the short film announcements for the following week. The previous week we’ve made some prognostications as to what should be included in the 2013 edition. Here’s an easy to click recap of some of those predictions. We’ve added those who’ve been mentioned in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, the fortunate ones who’ve had their work run inside the Sundance Labs, those who are working from a Blacklist named screenplay, those who are basing their feature on a short film that was accepted into the festival in a previous edition and finally those who’ve had funding via Kickstarter. * denotes feature directorial debut while ++ denotes that person...
- 11/26/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Hilary Brougher made a splash at the fest with her sophomore Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award winning drama Stephanie Daley (Sundance ’06) but it’s been nada since this minor stroke of genius. After some early casting hiccups, Brougher’s adaptation of Jane Mendelsohn’s 2000 teen novel of the same name found Sophie Curtis, Kelly Reilly and Graham Phillips toplining. Production took place during the summer, with post production beginning in August, which means with some overtime work, Innocence – a Killer Films’ production could be ready for a showcase. Brougher reteams with cinematographer David Rush Morrison and editor Keith Reamer and with Production Designer Susan Block (The Believer, Grace Is Gone) also contributes.
Gist: Co-written by Brougher and Tristine Skyler, set in NYC, this centers on a moody teenager who discovers her elite private school is home to a vampire gang.
Production Co./Producers: Killer Films’ Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon
Prediction: Premieres Program
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Gist: Co-written by Brougher and Tristine Skyler, set in NYC, this centers on a moody teenager who discovers her elite private school is home to a vampire gang.
Production Co./Producers: Killer Films’ Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon
Prediction: Premieres Program
U.
- 11/20/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
"The Real Housewives of New York City" returns Monday night for the first time since we broke the story that Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon and Alex McCord had been fired. And although the three former cast members have not been spending the past several months filming Season 5, that doesn't mean these ladies have disappeared from the public eye altogether.
"I have had the highest highs and lowest lows, but right now I'm very peaceful," Jill tells me. "I have a little anxiety with the show coming back, because I have never had this outpouring of love from fans all over the world saying they will miss me. I didn't expect they would miss me. That's the circle of life; I thought they would move straight on to the new girls."
Jill plans to auction off all her clothes from Seasons 1 to 4 and donate the money to charitable causes. She says...
"I have had the highest highs and lowest lows, but right now I'm very peaceful," Jill tells me. "I have a little anxiety with the show coming back, because I have never had this outpouring of love from fans all over the world saying they will miss me. I didn't expect they would miss me. That's the circle of life; I thought they would move straight on to the new girls."
Jill plans to auction off all her clothes from Seasons 1 to 4 and donate the money to charitable causes. She says...
- 6/4/2012
- by Naughty But Nice Rob
- Huffington Post
Untitled Bigelow Project
Frank Grillo is reteaming with his "Warrior" co-star Joel Edgerton in Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's film based on the hunt for Osama bin Laden at Annapurna Pictures.
The actor joins a cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Nash Edgerton and Harold Perrineau Jr. [Source: Variety]
Thunder Run
Though first reported in October last year, its been confirmed at Cannes that Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey remain attached to Simon West's CG 3-D action thriller "Thunder Run" which begins shooting this Summer after just locking down finances.
The film is said to be the untold story of the dangerous and bloody capture of Baghdad in 2003 by American Forces at the onset of the Iraq War. [Source: Museled]
Runner Runner
Oliver Cooper ("Project X") has signed on to star opposite Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck in the...
Frank Grillo is reteaming with his "Warrior" co-star Joel Edgerton in Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's film based on the hunt for Osama bin Laden at Annapurna Pictures.
The actor joins a cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Nash Edgerton and Harold Perrineau Jr. [Source: Variety]
Thunder Run
Though first reported in October last year, its been confirmed at Cannes that Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey remain attached to Simon West's CG 3-D action thriller "Thunder Run" which begins shooting this Summer after just locking down finances.
The film is said to be the untold story of the dangerous and bloody capture of Baghdad in 2003 by American Forces at the onset of the Iraq War. [Source: Museled]
Runner Runner
Oliver Cooper ("Project X") has signed on to star opposite Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck in the...
- 5/16/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Since her Oscar-nominated turn in Little Miss Sunshine, the talented Abigail Breslin has been working, for the most part, with lighter fare — No Reservations; Definitely, Maybe; Rango; and even Zombieland, which has a consistently comedic air to it. Her upcoming commitments, however, point toward a change in the atmosphere.
She’s already signed on to Hilary Brougher‘s Innocence, a drama-thriller that involves vampires nesting in a private school. It’s her latest project, though, that is the real eye-opener. It’s titled The Class Project, and Breslin will star as one of “two Canadian sisters who, tired of their mother’s alcoholism and abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her.” [Variety]
The film is based on Bob Mitchell‘s book The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls, which has been adapted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till. Stan Brooks will handle the directing duties,...
She’s already signed on to Hilary Brougher‘s Innocence, a drama-thriller that involves vampires nesting in a private school. It’s her latest project, though, that is the real eye-opener. It’s titled The Class Project, and Breslin will star as one of “two Canadian sisters who, tired of their mother’s alcoholism and abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her.” [Variety]
The film is based on Bob Mitchell‘s book The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls, which has been adapted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till. Stan Brooks will handle the directing duties,...
- 8/18/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Currently in that star child actress moving onto more adult roles phase of her career, Abigail Breslin is moving closer to the direction of acting peers such as the Fannings by taking on some tougher, less flattering indie drama roles. After signing up for Hilary Brougher's Innocence, the actress will now topline The Class Project, playing one of two teen sisters turned murders. To be directed by Stan Brooks (we've got no clue who this director is), lensing begins this month. Producers include Michael Rotenberg, Damian Ganczewski and Juliette Hagopian. Gist: Scripted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till, this is based on Bob Mitchell's "The Class Project How to Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls," which follows two sisters who, tired of their mother's alcoholism and her abusive boyfriends, take matters into their own hands and plot to kill her. Worth Noting: From...
- 8/17/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are moments away from lensing and that we feel are worth signaling out. This June, we are keeping tabs on nine projects including the untitled, aka The Master from master filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. A View from the Bridge Director: Robert Connolly - Screenwriter: Andrew Bovell Producer(s): Anthony Lapaglia, Marion Pilowsky, Natalie Stevenson Cast: Vera Farmiga, Mia Wasikowska, Sam Neill, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Lapaglia Filming in New York and Melbourne, Australia Comments: Aussie-born actor Anthony Lapaglia wears the producer hat, returns to a character that is familiar to him: the jealousy husband/father in a 1950's New York borough. The helmer behind the Tiff selected Balibo directs this Arthur Miller play which was the basis for Kazan's On the Waterfront. Farmiga will look great in the eras' garb. Ray Lawrence was originally attached to direct.
- 6/2/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The L.A. Times reports Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are circling Fox Searchlight's Stoker, a family mystery-drama that will mark the English-language debut of Oldboy director Chan-wook Park. The film centers on a girl (the previously attached Mia Wasikowska of The Kids Are All Right) and her mother (Kidman) who are visited by a mysterious uncle (Firth) after the girl's father dies. "Prison Break" actor Wentworth Miller penned the script, but otherwise this is a promising project if there ever was one. I just fear that Wasikowska, as much as I like her, is risking over-exposure with all the big roles she has lined up. She'll next be seen starring in Jane Eyre.
Variety brings the news that Abigail Breslin has joined Julianne Moore in the cast of director Hilary Brougher's gothic vampire film Innocence. Breslin will play a student at an elitist private school, where a number of the students are vampires.
Variety brings the news that Abigail Breslin has joined Julianne Moore in the cast of director Hilary Brougher's gothic vampire film Innocence. Breslin will play a student at an elitist private school, where a number of the students are vampires.
- 2/15/2011
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
Little Miss Sunshine star, Abigail Breslin will join the previously announced Julianne Moore in the upcoming Hilary Brougher‘s project titled Innocence.
The whole thing is adapted from Jane Mendelsohn’s novel of the same name and it’s already being described as a gothic vampire thriller. Just in case you haven’t had enough of the vampires yet…
As usual, here’s a description of the Innocence novel:
“Adolescence is a tough time for most people, and it is especially hard for 14-year-old Beckett, whose mother was killed in a drunk-driving accident in the suburbs. After the accident, her father, Miles, decides to move to an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, enrolling Beckett in an exclusive private school.
Strange things are happening at this school: several girls have formed suicide pacts, and three girls kill themselves shortly after Beckett begins school. It is through these events that Beckett meets Pam,...
The whole thing is adapted from Jane Mendelsohn’s novel of the same name and it’s already being described as a gothic vampire thriller. Just in case you haven’t had enough of the vampires yet…
As usual, here’s a description of the Innocence novel:
“Adolescence is a tough time for most people, and it is especially hard for 14-year-old Beckett, whose mother was killed in a drunk-driving accident in the suburbs. After the accident, her father, Miles, decides to move to an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, enrolling Beckett in an exclusive private school.
Strange things are happening at this school: several girls have formed suicide pacts, and three girls kill themselves shortly after Beckett begins school. It is through these events that Beckett meets Pam,...
- 2/14/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Zombieland star Abigail Breslin is getting in on the vampire movie craze by signing on to star in neck-chewing thriller Innocence. The pint-sized munchkin of Little Miss Sunshine fame joins the already-cast Julianne Moore. Breslin will play Beckett, a grieving teen who attends a private school that’s home to a nest of vamps. We can only assume that Moore will play a curiously pale head teacher with strangely blood red lips. Or should that be ‘hope’? Hilary Brougher, who directed 1997’s Sticky Fingers Of Time and 2006...
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- 2/14/2011
- by Josh Winning
- TotalFilm
The vampire trend appears far from over, as one of our favorite young starlets just jumped on board.
Abigail Breslin, most known for sugary sweet roles like the beauty-queen-hopeful in “Little Miss Sunshine” and the iconic American Girl “Kit Kittredge,” is about to sink her teeth into a gothic vampire thriller.
The Academy Award nominee has just joined Julianne Moore to star in “Innocence,” based on Jane Mendelsohn’s 2000 novel of the same name.
According to Variety, the film tells the story of Beckett, a recently bereaved teenage girl who finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist and mysterious private school, which she soon discovers is home to a nest of vampires.
Hmm.
While we’ve certainly seen our share of vampire-themed movies and TV shows in recent years, this one has two distinctions that may set it apart: Breslin and Moore — arguably two of the brightest talents in Hollywood.
Abigail Breslin, most known for sugary sweet roles like the beauty-queen-hopeful in “Little Miss Sunshine” and the iconic American Girl “Kit Kittredge,” is about to sink her teeth into a gothic vampire thriller.
The Academy Award nominee has just joined Julianne Moore to star in “Innocence,” based on Jane Mendelsohn’s 2000 novel of the same name.
According to Variety, the film tells the story of Beckett, a recently bereaved teenage girl who finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist and mysterious private school, which she soon discovers is home to a nest of vampires.
Hmm.
While we’ve certainly seen our share of vampire-themed movies and TV shows in recent years, this one has two distinctions that may set it apart: Breslin and Moore — arguably two of the brightest talents in Hollywood.
- 2/14/2011
- by Elizabeth Durand
- NextMovie
Two more entries into the world of bloodsuckers have started to take shape with casting and directorial additions. This sub section of the genre is at its arguably highest point in the history of pop culture. Variety is reporting that Abigail Breslin (Zombieland) has been added to the cast of Innocence based on the novel of the same name. She joins Julianne Moore (The Kids Are Alright) in the Hilary Brougher directed thriller. Innocence, which is scheduled to begin lensing in late summer, follows the story of a recently bereaved teenage girl who finds herself the focus of everyone's attention at her elitist private school, which is home to a nest of vampires. Director David Slade is in talks to take on The Last Voyage of the Demeter (Heat Vision). This will be his third go around...
- 2/12/2011
- by Bryan Kritz
- The Daily BLAM!
Zombieland's Abigail Breslin is fighting a new undead creep: vampires. She will co-star with Julianne Moore (Hanniball) in the upcoming gothic vampire tale, Innocence. Hilary Brougher (Stephanie Daley) will direct a script by Tristine Skyler (The Bell Jar), based on the novel by Jane Mendelsohn. Hit the jump for more deets Synopsis: In this modern Gothic vampire story, a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone's attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony. As she deals with her mother's death, her father's new relationship, and falling in love for the first time, she is blissfully unaware that the school is home to...
- 2/12/2011
- FEARnet
Variety is reporting that the world will be graced with another vampire film titled "Innocence," based on the book of the same name by Jane Mendelsohn. Right now Abigail Breslin and Julianne Moore are attached to star in the story about a grieving teenage girl who discovers that her private school is home to a nest of vampires. Though roles haven't been confirmed, Breslin will most likely be playing main character Beckett, with Moore playing the school nurse that embeds herself in Beckett's life by marrying her father. The film will be directed by Hilary Brougher, a widely unknown female…...
- 2/12/2011
- The Playlist
Abigail Breslin (Nim's Island) will star with Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) in the indie vampire killer movie Innocence. Based on the book of the same name, it's about a girl in mourning who becomes the center of attention at the rich kids prep school she attends in a community which is home to vampires and humans alike. Filming start this summer with Hilary Brougher directing.
Source: Variety...
Source: Variety...
- 2/12/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Why not, right? I mean vampires are the in thing right now, being all sparkly and such. If I was a teenage girl, I'd probably let a va... Huh? Oh, Innocence is the name of Abigail Breslin's next movie? Well then! That changes everything!
That's right, fangbangers! Abigail Breslin (pictured below; Zombieland, Little Miss Sunshine) has been cast alongside Julianne Moore (Shelter, Hannibal) in Bankside Films' Gothic vampire killer flick from director Hilary Brougher, Innocence.
Dig on the plot crunch below, and look for more soon!
Synopsis
In this modern Gothic vampire story, a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony. As she deals with her mother’s death, her father’s new relationship, and falling in love for the first time, she is blissfully unaware that the school is home...
That's right, fangbangers! Abigail Breslin (pictured below; Zombieland, Little Miss Sunshine) has been cast alongside Julianne Moore (Shelter, Hannibal) in Bankside Films' Gothic vampire killer flick from director Hilary Brougher, Innocence.
Dig on the plot crunch below, and look for more soon!
Synopsis
In this modern Gothic vampire story, a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony. As she deals with her mother’s death, her father’s new relationship, and falling in love for the first time, she is blissfully unaware that the school is home...
- 2/11/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Bloody Disgusting has learned that Abigail Breslin (Zombieland, Little Miss Sunshine) has been cast alongside Julianne Moore (Shelter, Hannibal) in Bankside Films' gothic vampire killer pic Innocence. Hilary Brougher is set to direct the film that's in active development. "In this modern-gothic vampire story, a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyones attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony. As she deals with her mothers death, her fathers new relationship and falls in love for the first time, she is blissfully unaware that the school is home to a house of vampires who have their sights firmly set on capturing her and making her the subject of a ritual virgin sacrifice. As she struggles against time to uncover the truth, the vampires carefully close their net with those around her questioning whether or not she is losing her mind."...
- 2/11/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Hilary Brougher is bringing another vampire film into the world. She's going to direct Innocence , starring Julianne Moore ( The Kids Are All Right ) and Abigail Breslin ( Zombieland ). The latter plays a young girl who attends a private school that harbors a next of vampires. The film is based on the novel by Jane Mendelsohn. Broughter last directed the 2006 film Stephanie Daley . Shooting begins this summer.
- 2/11/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Hilary Brougher is bringing another vampire film into the world. She's going to direct Innocence , starring Julianne Moore ( The Kids Are Alright ) and Abigail Breslin ( Zombieland ). The latter plays a young girl who attends a private school that harbors a next of vampires. The film is based on the novel by Jane Mendelsohn. Broughter last directed the 2006 film Stephanie Daley . Shooting begins this summer...
- 2/11/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The London-based sales agent has closed a first-look deal with the indie New York-based producer. Bankside Films will have an exclusive first option to co-finance, and, where appropriate, executive produce movies with indie doyennes Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler. Projects covered include comedy Dealin With Idiots, the next film from Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm), about pushy parents driving their kids to succeed at sports, and Hilary Brougher’s adaptation of Innocence, Jane Mendelsohn’s vampire teen novel about a schoolgirl unaware that her school is really a vampire coven intent on making her a virgin sacrifice. Killer is currently in post on HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, starring Kate Winslet and directed by Todd Haynes. The deal -- negotiated by CAA for Killer -- represents a step up for Bankside, one of the few Brit sales agents which offers equity finance.
- 9/10/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
Repertory theaters on the coasts are truly offering a window onto the world this spring, with Jia Zhangke and Bong Joon-ho retrospectives, as well as New French Cinema in New York, "Freebie and the Bean," "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and Jason Reitman's favorite films invade Los Angeles, and the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin is offering a fond farewell to the video cassette. But consider this a hello to seeing classics, oddities and rarities on the big screen over the next few months.
Cities: [New York] [Los Angeles] [Austin] More Spring Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
Is there a more energetic way to start the spring than with a screening of Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (Feb. 20, with editors Rumsey Taylor, Leo Goldsmith and Jenny Jediny in attendance)? Perhaps not, but it's only the start of an exciting spring season at the 92YTribeca Screening Room, which will present several special events over the next few months.
Cities: [New York] [Los Angeles] [Austin] More Spring Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
Is there a more energetic way to start the spring than with a screening of Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (Feb. 20, with editors Rumsey Taylor, Leo Goldsmith and Jenny Jediny in attendance)? Perhaps not, but it's only the start of an exciting spring season at the 92YTribeca Screening Room, which will present several special events over the next few months.
- 2/20/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
How can you tell that this film is an independent one? Obviously, it deals with a topic that many Hollywood studios want to avoid. Regardless of these two facts, I wouldn't watch Stephanie Daley a second time because the film bored me to death.
Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl who had her waters broken while being on a ski trip with her classmates. Stephanie will face murder charges in connection with the death of her baby. Eventually, Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton), a pregnant forensic-psychologist, is tapped to get to the bottom of this story. As Lydie's inquiry advances, Stephanie claims that she wasn't aware of her pregnancy. Moreover, we also learn that Stephanie never talked about a sexual relationship that she once had with a guy from the town during a party.
Unlike what we're inclined to believe, the film actually has two stories: the one involving...
Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl who had her waters broken while being on a ski trip with her classmates. Stephanie will face murder charges in connection with the death of her baby. Eventually, Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton), a pregnant forensic-psychologist, is tapped to get to the bottom of this story. As Lydie's inquiry advances, Stephanie claims that she wasn't aware of her pregnancy. Moreover, we also learn that Stephanie never talked about a sexual relationship that she once had with a guy from the town during a party.
Unlike what we're inclined to believe, the film actually has two stories: the one involving...
- 2/6/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
- Stephanie Daley was a difficult film to make and to watch. The tale of an unwitting teenager who is accused of putting her premature baby in the trash isn’t going to be the “feel-good” movie of the year. But the audience will walk out of this film feeling as if they’ve experienced something profound, no matter their judgment of the main character.This is Hilary Brougher’s sophomore effort and it’s a broad departure from her first sci-fi comedy The Sticky Fingers of Time. The film was brought up through the Sundance labs and championed by Tilda Swinton, who is credited as an executive producer. Shot on HD and a tight schedule the end result is emotional and thought provoking. Amber Tamblyn plays an innocently ignorant teenager, who may or may not have known she was pregnant before a horrifying premature birth on a ski trip.
- 4/19/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- Vareity has announced that the The Deauville Festival of American Film will be honoring New Orleans during their 32nd annual festival opening the first of September. With Sundance celebrating number 25, the Deauville has slated a series of films shaped at their labs as well as ten features all vying for the number one prize. This year's Deauville will showcase a few productions already theatrically released - Thank You For Smoking, Little Miss Sunshine, Twelve and Holding and one world premiere - Todd Field's Little Children. Sharing the "same philosophy" according to Sundance patriarch Robert Redford, The Deauville will host lectures, classes, and discussions similar to its younger Park City sister. In Comp: Dito Monteil's "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," Paul Fitzgerald's "Forgiven," David Slade's "Hard Candy," Todd Field's "Little Children," Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' "Little Miss Sunshine," Laurie Collyer's "Sherrybaby," Hilary Brougher's "Stephanie Daley,
- 8/2/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- This year Ioncinema.com is covering the 2006 edition of the Sundance Film Festival Live from Park City, Utah. We’ll be on hand to cover the festival, and while we won’t be able to cover everything from A to Z: here is a comprehensive beforehand look at the selections in each of the festival’s sections. (Note: To access individual preview pages, simply click on the links below) January 19th to the 28th, 2006Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 19, 2006'); Nicholson & Kirk in Flannel Pajamas Come Early Morning - Joey Lauren Adams Flannel Pajamas - Jeff Lipsky Forgiven - Paul Fitzgerald A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints - Dito Montiel Half Nelson - Ryan Fleck The Hawk is Dying - Julian Goldberger In Between Days - So Yong Kim Puccini for Beginners - Maria Maggenti Quinceanera - Richard Glatzer Right at Your Door - Chris Gorak Sherrybaby (a.k.a:
- 1/17/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn are starring in Stephanie Daley, an indie feature being directed by Hilary Brougher. Producing are Jen Roskind, Samara Koffler and Sean Costello of RedBone Films and Lynette Howell and Doug Dey of Silverwood Films. Daley, a Sundance Filmmaker Lab project written by Brougher, follows a forensic psychologist (Swinton) investigating a 17-year-old (Tamblyn) accused of infanticide. The film is in production in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains.
- 10/19/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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